Russian Fancy Bear APT Exploited Unpatched Cisco Routers to Hack US, EU Gov't Agencies

The nation-stage threat group deployed custom malware on archaic versions of Cisco's router operating system. Experts warn that such attacks targeting network infrastructure are on the rise.

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